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Lecture: The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia (Dr. Einor K. Cervone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1yxndxZ5s In this January 18, 2023, JASA lecture, Einor K. Cervone, PhD, Associate Curator of Asian Art at the Denver Art Museum, reexamines narratives of lacquer development in the East Asian region, as explored in the exhibition The Five Directions: Lacquer through East Asia, which opened December 18, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). What was it about lacquer that made it…
January 20, 2023
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Impressions 44, Part One of a Double Issue

In Impressions 44, Part One of a Double Issue, we learn about the Iwasaki family, founders of the Mitsubishi conglomerate, their dramatic rise from poverty to powerhouse, and their collection of masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese art now housed in a Tokyo museum. The author, Kumiko Makihara, spent her early years in Japan but now works as a journalist based in New York City. With…
January 3, 2023